@Article{, title={Evaluation of Maternal Serum Ischemia Modified Albumin in Ectopic Pregnancy}, author={Alaa Nadhim Hameed, Ayla Khether Ghalib}, journal={Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal المجلة العراقية للاختصاصات الطبية}, volume={20}, number={1}, pages={8-16}, year={2021}, abstract={ABSTRACT:BACKGROUND:An ectopic pregnancy is defined as the implantation of a pregnancy outside the normal uterine cavity. Serum ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) and adjusted IMA appear to be significantly increased during pathological pregnancies. AIM OF THE STUDY: To compare the level of IMA in ectopic and normal pregnancies, thus understanding the association between oxidative stress and the incidence of ectopic pregnancy.METHODS: A case-control study that included 80 women; 38 of them with ectopic pregnancy, and the other 42 were healthy pregnant women. Patients with systemic diseases, a history of smoking, the use of anti-inflammatory drugs and antioxidants were excluded from the study. Serum IMA was measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for all participants.RESULTS: Means of IMA and adjusted IMA in women with ectopic pregnancy were significantly higher than that in women with normal pregnancy.CONCLUSION: There is an association between oxidative stress and ectopic pregnancy

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